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Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady
Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Levine Querido
ISBN: 978-1-64614-048-0
Keywords: French/Austrian War. Family. Women's Rights
In 1800s Belgium, Stance, disguised as a man, flees a loveless arranged marriage. Her brother pursues the runaway, and both end up embroiled in the war between Austria and France.